St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-29
TWO JUICY SCANDALS.
the Administration Needs to Ele
vate Morals in the Department.

vate Morals in the Department.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-Scandal
number one. All of the gentlemen oc-
cupying positions in the departments,
superior to the civil service claSsifica-
ton, resigned their offices when the
new administration came into power in
March, 1885. Some of them were re-
QueSted to remain for time and assist
the new administration in getting
started successfully on its way. There
were others who did not resign, but
have been hanging Oh by the skin of
their teeth ever since. One of them is
chief of division in the postOffice de-
partment. He has, among other clerks,
a lady who is quite a valuable clerk and
perfect beauty. In 'S4 she was SUBJ
Ject to severe criticism by the women
because of her singularly unmaidenly
appearance for season. She was alb
sent at that time Tor several months
and then returned to duty, brav-
ing all comments. She has been
in the division of the chief re-
ferred to, and has been protect
ed by him from dismissal. Not many
moons ago there was Democrat APP
pointed, / h 0ugh the civil service COM
mission, and assigned to the division in
question as a clerk. He observed
things which struck him as peculiar.
Although the chief is married man,
the new clerk noticed that he was in the
habit of writing letters to the young
lady in his division, which she would
read. smile at and drop, piecemeal, into
her waste basket. Then he observed
that they were in the
HABIT OF MEETING IN PARKS
after office hours. Further, it appeared
strange to this new clerk that the chief
was in the habit of appearing at his
desk after the hour for commencing
work. aHdethe lady WAS also late, conn
ing into the office either two minutes
before the chief or few minutes later.
Others were strictly required to
be on hand and at work
exactly as the stroke of 9
O'Clock was pealed. The observant
clerk remained after Office hours to
rummaged through the waste baskets.
He found pieces of correspondence and
pasted them onto card board like AN
old Sleuth detective. His scrutiny vas
rewarded with the redemption OF up
wards of twenty tender epiStieS from
destruction. They were more than in
teresting. They were spicy, and men
toned things which might better have
been unsaid, and certainly better un-
written. The detective clerk had an
idea that the letters would prove as in
tereStlng to the postmaster general as
to himself. He showed them to him ON
the eve of his departure for his vaca-
ton. They will be reread when he re-
details of the matter will become public
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can be given.
SCANDAL NO. 2.
A gentleman occupying high posi-
ton, requiring the confirmation of the
senate, was found in the treasury de-
partment by the present administration.
He did not resign, and had such pOliti-
cal influence as enabled him to remainin
subordinate capacity. He was reduced
to the ranks, yet remained. He did not
complain, but was satisfied to be let
alone. 1t had been customary for him
to have many ladies hanging around his
room, but that was stopped by the man
however, that he is living as the para
m0ur of a lady in the same department,
and neglecting his wife and family.
The facts have been presented to Eugene
Higgins, appointment clerk of the treas
ury department. and there will soon
be another rascal's head in the
CORY basket of reform. The
woman in the case has husband, but
he is an invalid and is away from the
city, at the Hot Springs, Virginia, recu-
perating. The Republican hold-over
clerk has recently tax EN- her to New
York and up the st. Lawrence river ON
a sort of honeymoon tour, maugre the
fact that she has husband and he has
a wife. Inasmuch as these things are
not conducive to purity and morality,
there is a knife sharpening for both Of
them. Especially fragrant is this case
because the recalcitrant husband and
unchaste wife are seen driving together
almost every evening Oh the public
streets impudently passing the home of
the sister of the outraged husband.
Thus do the stories go, and soon there
will be weeping, wailing and gnashing
of teeth. But the CORY government
guillotine will sweep them off, root and
branch.